I hate to say anything that may hurt UCLA, but I can’t be quiet when I see what the NCAA is doing to Jerry Tarkanian only because he has a reputation for giving a second chance to many black athletes other coaches have branded as troublemakers.
BILL WALTONYou don’t win championships by just being normal, by just being average.
More Bill Walton Quotes
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The only man who can stop Cliff Robinson is Cliff Robinson. The man is unstoppable even at 38.
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Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Beatles, Crosby, Stills & Nash, The Rolling Stones, Carlos Santana. So many of them are still around and still going strong. I go out to see them all the time.
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If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who’s going to stop him?
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But you have to understand, my beard is so nasty. I mean, it’s the only beard in the history of Western civilization that makes Bob Dylan’s beard look good.
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In basketball, you can be the greatest individual player in the world and still lose every game, because a team will always beat an individual.
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I couldn’t imagine not playing basketball. To me, basketball is what life is all about.
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No one missed more basketball in the history of NBA than I did. I played 14 seasons, on the roster for 14 years, and I missed more than nine-and-a-half full seasons.
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Steve Nash is the most unathletic player in the league.
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The great thing about being a broadcaster is you have this incredible responsibility to the people that make it all happen, the people that turn on the television set.
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I had the only beard in the Western Hemisphere that made Bob Dylan’s look good.
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I’m a lifelong stutterer.
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I can think. I can sleep. I can move. I can ride my bike. I can dream.
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I’m a fan and a friend, I met them in 1974 when I first joined the NBA and my life has never been he same since. I became the basketball player I was because of the Grateful Dead.
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During the course of my life, Grateful Dead played all the time. There were constantly concerts you could go to.
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Never rank, rate, or compare coaches, children, concerts, or championships or congratulations. Just enjoy them all.
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